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Life Or Something Like It
Past Dates, Present Dates
Present Day…It was mid-afternoon and Dearka and Yzak were both at the local gym working out. "I can't believe your telling her," Dearka said with a huff. He was mainly huffing because he was running on a treadmill.
"What the hell was I suppose to tell her," Yzak barked back huffing like Dearka.
"I don't know, may be something along the lines off, no!" Dearka yelled.
"If you were threatened with the lose of sex would you have told?" Yzak questioned.
"No, do you know why, because I'm single,"
"Ya, whatever, besides if my mother found out she would raise hell about never having grandchildren,"
"Again, something I don't have to ever contend with,"
"Well, what about your mother?"
"What about my mother?"
"If I remember your mother isn't to proud with you,"
"Oh, ya, forgot about that,"
"See, better off my ass,"
"Oh shut up!" Dearka yelled storming off.
"You know you need to get your self a woman!" Yzak yelled after him.
"No thanks already have one!" Dearka yelled back.
"I meant one you can actual have!" Yzak yelled again.
'Up yours Yzak,' Dearka thought evilly.
Meanwhile at Dearka's Club (A/N: now called Busters)…
"You mean he's telling you the truth about Dearka and his daughter's past?" Meryin asked.
"Yup," Shiho answered with a big smile.
"What did you threaten him with?" Luna asked.
"No sex," Shiho answered plainly.
"Shiho that so mean," Meryin responded trying not to laugh.
"Well it's been great and all but I have to go get ready for a date," Luna stated standing up to leave.
"Wow, you to sis," Meryin said looking at her older sister.
"Yup," Luna said with a dreamy expression in her eyes.
"And who is this date with Luna?" Shiho asked with an all knowing smile.
"With Shinn, why who is Meryin going with?" Luna questioned looking at her sister.
Meryin responded with a large blush on her face, "Heine,"
"You're going out with Heine!" Luna screamed.
"Yes," Meryin answered blushing.
"Why did it have to be Heine," Luna said shacking her head.
Later that evening…
"What?" Yzak staring at his wife Shiho. Shiho wasn't answering. All she did was stared at Yzak with these giant puppy dog eyes. The same damn eyes that Yzak hated with a passion because when she used those eyes he would do anything she wished.
"What?" Yzak repeated with more force.
"Well are you going to tell me or not," Shiho calmly stated to her stubborn as a mule husband.
"Tell you what?" Yzak said trying to fake stupidity hoping that Shiho had forgotten.
"The rest of what happened between Dearka and Miriallia on their first date," Shiho answered.
"Oh, yeah, that," Yzak said with a sigh.
"Well?" Shiho asked.
"Fine, just sit down and shut up," Yzak growled.
FLASHBACK
'Ok, here we go,' Dearka thought to himself. It was 5:55 p.m. and he was outside of Mir's house. He had come five minutes early to make at least a good impression. 'Here's hoping,' He continued thinking.
He had walked up to the door and stood there and he just couldn't do it. If Dearka knocked on the door and she answered this would be complete confirmation that he sure wasn't dreaming. 'Here goes nothing,' Dearka thought and pressed the doorbell.
When the door opened Mir was in a small state of shock. There on the other side stood Dearka. 'He's early,' Mir thought, 'And looking good,'
'Holy crap,' Dearka thought, 'She's gorgeous,' Mir was standing in front of Dearka wearing an orange dress. (A/N: You know the one from the first GS episode)
"Hello, sorry if I shocked you by being a little early," Dearka said shyly.
"It's ok, guess we better go," Mir replied looking down.
"All right let's get going," Dearka said excitedly.
At Kira and Cagalli's house…
"Hey Kira are you ready for your date with Lacus?" Cagalli asked.
"Why yes I am," Kira said trying to fight a blush from rising, "Are you ready for your date with Athrun,"
"Well, I, uh," Cagalli stuttered, "It's not a date!"
"Really, then why oh why are you wearing what you deem as the famous date worthy shirt that's red, knowing that Athrun's favorite color is red," Kira replied with a smirk.
'Damn it, he's on to me,' Cagalli thought. Just when she finally had something to say the doorbell had rung. 'Saved by the bell,' Cagalli thought.
"Cagalli door!" Kira yelled, "It's your date!"
"Coming!" Cagalli hollered back, completely forgetting to tell Kira it wasn't a date.
"Wow," Athrun said as Cagalli came charging down the stairs. Sadly Kira who let out a low snort of laughter before grabbing his coat didn't miss the wow that Athrun let out sub-consciously.
"Well I'd love to watch you two go out on your date and all but I have to go get Lacus," Kira stated to the two who were now blushing.
"Don't worry Kira, Lacus convinced me to pick her up for you so we can all go together," Athrun said stopping Kira from leaving.
"You mean like a double date, with my sister," Kira said in shock.
"Ya, do you have a problem with that Kira?" Cagalli asked while clenching her fists.
"Why of course not why would I even think that was a bad idea," Kira replied while thinking, 'Great, I finally ask Lacus out on a date and my sister is coming with me,'
Back with Dearka and Mir… (A/N: They are already at the fair)
"So were would you like to do first?" Dearka questioned trying to keep his cool.
"I don't really know, I don't really go to the fair to much," Mir answered.
"What, well then let's go have some fun," Dearka replied by grabbing Mir's hand and taking off into the fair looking for something fun to do. 'Dear lord don't let me screw up,'
While Dearka was searching for something fun to do, Kira and the others had arrived. "Alright let's get on with it," Cagalli said as she looked around for Dearka and Mir.
"What?" Kira asked looking at his sister.
"Well we did come here to look follow Dearka and Mir on there date," Athrun answered.
"Forget that, I going to go find something fun to do," Kira said looking at Athrun then at Lacus, "Coming?"
"Of course Kira," Lacus replied while thinking, 'D'uh,'
"Fine, I don't care, let's go continue our date Athrun," Cagalli said watching Kira and Lacus walk away, 'Why won't I stop calling it a date,'
"Yes ma'am," Athrun said following after Cagalli. They got at least five feet from where they were originally standing before colliding with someone.
"Watch were your going damn it!" screamed the person.
"Yzak?" Athrun questioned.
"No it's your mother, of course it's me you dumbass," Yzak hollered standing up.
"What are you doing here?" Cagalli questioned looking at Yzak.
"Because my mother made me," Yzak replied though reluctant to.
"Your mother made you?" Athrun repeated staring at Yzak.
"Yes, she made me, she think's for some unknown reason that if I go out more I'll get a girlfriend which would lead to marriage and then children," Yzak answered angrily.
"What is it with your mother and grandchildren?" Athrun asked.
"I have know idea," Yzak answered.
"Well you are a momma's boy," Cagalli said laughing. Athrun was having a hard time not laughing at Cagalli's joke.
'Oh yeah I'll get you Zala,' Yzak thought evilly, "So you finally had the balls to tell her your feelings,"
And with that all laughter from the two teens had stopped dead. The only sounds heard were other people at the fair. "Well you see, I…" Athrun had know idea how to get out of this one. Cagalli was staring at Athrun in shock.
'He likes me,' Cagalli thought over and over again.
"What you didn't tell her, well that's a shame," Yzak said laughing, "Well look at the time I better go," with that Yzak walked off laughing his ass off about embarrassing his friend. 'It's for his own good, keeping those feelings bottled up would've killed him,'
Back with Dearka and Mir…
"I know what we can do next," Dearka said looking at Mir. So far he had taken her to the roller coaster, some games, the Ferris wheel, and some food. Now he was looking for something else. "How about the haunted house?" Dearka asked looking at Mir.
"The haunted house," Mir repeated, "Alright," She was having fun, she hated to admit it. The only problem was that she was easily scared.
It was right when the ride started that she started to panic. She knew it was all fake. It was just a little car, on a track, surrounded by what she hoped was just plastic dummies. Dearka meanwhile saw her turn white the second the ride started and he instantly thought, 'Oh crap,'
"Hey are you alright?" Dearka questioned with concern. Sadly Mir thought that he was just being funny.
"What are you going to laugh now, are you going to tell everyone else that I'm afraid!" Mir screamed while jabbing her finger into Dearka's arm.
"No, I'm not going to laugh, I'm going to try and help," Dearka answered honestly, "If you get scared just squeeze my arm, ok?"
"OK," Mir whispered as she wrapped herself around Dearka's arm. It was every so often that something would come along that would scare Mir and she would squeeze really hard on Dearka's arm. To her she thought that this was totally unfair to Dearka seeing that she ruined, what she believed to be a good date, by being scared. Dearka though wasn't about to complain, he honestly didn't think a girl could squeeze so hard in such short amounts of time, but on the other hand he enjoyed being this close to Mir. Though every now and then he would here a whimper, so trying to help and show he wasn't being an ass pulled her closer and wrapped his arms around her after he freed his other arm from her grasp. The ride was almost done when Mir's whimpering finished, Dearka personally wanted to at least say that he helped in some way. Luckily he decided that voicing that belief would be a very bad thing.
"Thank you for not laughing at me Dearka," Mir said quietly, not wanting to look him in the eye.
"Hey, it's all right, you don't need to be embarrassed," Dearka replied trying to help in some small way.
"No, it's so stupid being afraid of those stupid plastic things!" Mir screamed. She was now close very close to tears. "This is why my parents never brought me to fairs, because I was afraid of everything," That last comment she made sent her over the edge and she was now crying.
Dearka was shocked. He had always believed that Mir was such a string person. He always believed that she was like Cagalli, afraid of nothing that stood in her way. And now she was crying, and crying hard. Dearka did the only thing he could think that could help. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. 'Dear lord don't slap me,' He thought.
"What are you doing?" Mir questioned. It came out as a soft whisper more than an angry yell. She herself was shocked, here she was having a break down, with Dearka Elsman in front of her. She thought that Dearka was the last person that would want to help.
"Trying to help," Dearka answered to her softly, "Do you want me to let go?"
"No," Mir answered as she leaned closer to Dearka. She could feel the warmth emitting from his body and she just felt right in his arms.
All Dearka did was hold Mir as he rocked back a forth lightly trying to calm her down. When he looked down Mir leaned up and kissed him on the mouth. This surprised not only Dearka who then finally responded but it surprised Mir, she never thought she could just up and kiss him.
When they released each other the only coherent thing Dearka could say was, "Wow,"
"Ya," Mir added.
"I…I better get you home," Dearka spoke not really wanting to be away at that moment.
"You're right," Mir said looking at the ground. 'He hated it,' Mir thought.
Dearka must have some how read her mind because after hearing the sad tone in her voice Dearka grabbed her and kissed her again. This time he could of swore he heard whistling, cheering, and when he released her he also could of sworn he saw a pink haired woman doing the same thing to a brown haired man. "Well, that was interesting," Mir responded.
END FLASHBACK
"So there you go," Yzak said.
"What that's it, that doesn't explain anything," Shiho said looking at Yzak, "And how could you do that to Athrun,"
"I know but again it frigging late, and another thing if it wasn't for me Athrun would never had said anything to Cagalli," Yzak said with a huff.
"You didn't do that to Kira and Lacus to did you?" Shiho questioned eyeing Yzak.
"No," Yzak answered. Shiho let out a sigh of relief. "Heine did,"
"What?" Shiho questioned again, "Heine?"
"Yup, did it with out actually knowing either," Yzak calmly answered, "Now can we go to bed,"
"Fine but you have to tell me the rest," Shiho warned.
"I know, I know," Yzak replied going to the bedroom.
Meanwhile the Hawke sisters meet up on there dates…
"I had fun to night Heine," Meryin said as she held Heine's hand.
"Well I'm glad you did Meryin," Heine replied with a smile. He had been smiling the whole night, he had taken Meryin dancing and to a nice dinner. He was happy she was having a good time. That lasted until they ran into Luna and Shinn.
"Luna!" Meryin screamed.
'Oh, crap,' Heine thought. He also could have sworn Shinn had the same thought going through his mind.
"Meryin what are you doing here?" Luna questioned.
"I'm on a date with Heine, you?"
"Same, but I'm with Shinn,"
The conversation went along these lines until, "What did you two do!"
"What do you mean?" Heine asked as he almost had a heart attack from the scream.
"Shiho told us that you told Shinn to go out with Luna to get over his old girl friend, and that you took me on a date so that you could distract me!" Meryin yelled as she glared at Heine.
"In my defense that is not how it is, first I told Shinn to go out with Luna yes to get over Stellar but also because the idiot has feelings for her and she has feelings for him, and second I took you out because I have been wanting to for the past few days," Heine answered after the long winded speech.
"Oh, okay then," Meryin said as she gently grabbed Heine's hand.
Luna had then turned her gaze towards a blushing Shinn, "You have feelings for me?"
"Well ya just look at you your amazing and so joyful, anyone around you just comes alive," Shinn answered.
Luna had been blushing through the entire speech. Meryin had also blushed and Heine well he just pretended to cry and clapped his hands.
"Any way since were all here lets go get something to drink," Heine proposed. So the two couples went to a local café that was open late and ordered some drinks.
"I can't believe you told him life was like ice cream," Luna said laughing.
"Hey it worked didn't it," Heine said in his defense. The conversation ended when one of the other customers had stood up and ran out of the café.
"What was that about?" Meryin asked.
"Don't know but I heard, He promised, He promised," Luna answered.
"Look they left something," Heine pointed out.
"Hey let's have a look," Shinn stated standing up and going to the now empty table.
"Shinn that's rude to go through someone else's things," Luna warned.
The item in question was a folder. "Well when you look at what's in this folder you won't be saying that," Shinn replied sitting down.
"Alright I'll bite, what is it?" Luna asked.
Shinn didn't answer, he just pulled out a piece of paper that held the following information:
Name: Dearka Elsman
Age: 25
Marital Status single
Employment: Club named Busters
Relatives: Ted Elsman (Father)
Marie Elsman (Mother)
Ami Elsman (Daughter)
Miriallia Haww (Mother of daughter)
Current Information: Living alone with daughter in the city Minerva. Runs the club named Busters with the following Luna and Meryin Hawk, Shinn Asuka, Heine Vestenfluss, Rey Za Burrel, and Shiho Joule. He is currently not dating. Friends of Dearka's include all employees of the club, along with Kira and Lacus Yamato, and Athrun and Cagalli Zala.
"What the hell does this mean?" Heine questioned.
"I don't know," Shinn answered as he glanced over pictures that were included in the file.
"You don't think that person was Mir do you?" Meryin questioned.
"Hope not, cause if it was Dearka is in trouble," Luna said rereading the information.
TBC…
There you go one little longer than normal chapter. This chapter sets into events that will draw closer and probably answer the question of How does Mir not know of Ami's birth?
Anyway, please read, review, and hopefully enjoy.
Later Days…